In an On Health blog post, Lisa Melymuk discusses the INQUIRE study of improving residential indoor air quality.
Child playing in living room at home© South_agency / Getty Images / iStockEnabling homes to achieve zero pollution indoor spaces holds multiple health benefits for all Europeans – especially our children. This is the goal of the EU-funded INQUIRE project. INQUIRE will provide the knowledge and tools needed to enhance residential indoor air quality.
Europe is a diverse region, with many regional variations in housing stock, climate and lifestyles. A key objective of INQUIRE is to ensure harmonized characterization of the current conditions for families across eight countries – Czechia, Estonia, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom – to ensure we capture a broad swath of families. In all homes, harmonized sampling strategies will be used to comprehensively evaluate indoor environmental quality.
After determining baseline conditions, INQUIRE will then support the families in testing interventions to improve indoor air quality. These interventions will range from behavioural recommendations such as ventilation or cleaning strategies to novel air purification technologies.
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